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MAGNET Unique: Premiere Of The Silver Snails’ Cowl Of The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” Video


The Buggles’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” couldn’t have been a extra excellent match for the Silver Snails’ intergenerational coed make-up.

“Given the male lead vocals and feminine backing vocals, we felt it will be car,” says Lucas Ward, father and co-leader of the self-described “glam-rock space-pop household band.” “Our model is just like the unique, aside from a synthesizer dream sequence we added earlier than the ultimate refrain.”

With ties to Portland, Ore., and Romagna, Italy, the Silver Snails are anchored by Ward and his spouse, Elisa Fantini, and embody the couple’s three children, Jasmine, Celeste and Elias. “Video Killed The Radio Star” is the lone cowl on their upcoming 10-track LP, Velocity Of Life (Snailform). Co-produced by Badman label head Dylan Magierek, it’s out September 5. Additionally price a pay attention is the group’s cowl of Elliott Smith’s “Fairly (Ugly Earlier than),” launched this previous Might as an homage to Smith, who was Ward’s shut buddy in highschool and faculty.

The video for the Buggles’ MTV commonplace is the Silver Snails’ most formidable up to now. “We constructed a full spaceship in our front room and borrowed the skills of mates, neighbors and household as extras,” says Ward. “We satirized and riffed on well-liked sci-fi classics, together with Star Wars and Star Trek. It’s supposed as a kind of sequel to our ‘Dancing With The Stars’ video, which initially launched the Silver Snails as a household of glam troubadors from area.”

We’re proud to premiere the Silver Snails’ “Video Killed The Radio Star” video.

—Hobart Rowland

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